Since you are interested in Awake, sweet love, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Godowsky: Piano Music Rian de Waal (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'A musical as well as a technical revelation ... De Waal's virtuosity is awe-inspiring, and he's complemented throughout by a beautifully natural and wide-ranging recording' (Gramophone) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Complete Music for Cello Richard Lester (cello) / Susan Tomes (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'Chamber-music playing of the highest order, empathetic and warm-hearted' (Birmingham Post) |
MONTEVERDI
Balli and Dramatic Madrigals Red Byrd / The Parley of Instruments Peter Holman (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
BOCCHERINI
Cello Sonatas Richard Lester (cello) David Watkin (cello) Chi-Chi Nwanoku (double bass) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] 'There is a touch of the impetuous about Richard Lester's playing of these sonatas which seems to me to capture very happily their character' (Gramophone) |
GIBBONS
Anthems and Verse Anthems Robin Blaze (countertenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (Pre 1700) - 'The choral sound is exemplary - clean, but edged with an appealing English softness ... a glorious sound.' (BBC Music Magazine) |
VANHAL
Six Quartette Concertante for oboe and string trio Op 7 Sarah Francis (oboe) / Tagore String Trio [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'Well worth hearing' (BBC Music Magazine) |
RUTLAND BOUGHTON
Boughton: String Quartets / Oboe Quartet No 1 Sarah Francis (oboe) The Rasumovsky Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'Performances throughout are shapely and sensitive, the production is refined and the balance truthful. Fans of this colourful figure should acquire forthwith' - Gramophone |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Five Tudor Portraits / Five Mystical Songs Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano) / Henry Herford (baritone) / Guildford Choral Society / Philharmonia Orchestra / Hilary Davan Wetton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'An incredible bargain. Altogether, this sumptuously remastered issue is definitely one of the highlights of the first batch of Helios reissues that promise to take a fair share of the market both for artistic and commercial merit.' (The Sunday... |
BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus Op. 43 Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'A dashing performance of unreasonably neglected music... superb' - Classic CD |
CAVALLI
Messa Concertata Seicento / The Parley of Instruments / Peter Holman (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] 'This is a real winner. I don't expect a better performance of the Messa Concertata to come along in the near future. Strongly recommended' - Continuo |